Lynda Lee Mead

Lynda Lee Mead
Lynda Lee Mead in 1960
Born (1939-04-17) April 17, 1939
Natchez, Mississippi, U.S.
Alma mater University of Mississippi
Occupation Businesswoman
Title Miss America 1960
Predecessor Mary Ann Mobley
Successor Nancy Fleming
Spouse(s)
John J. Shea, Jr.
(m. 1964; d. 2015)
Children 5

Lynda Lee Shea (née Mead; born April 17, 1939) is an American businesswoman and beauty pageant titleholder who was Miss Mississippi 1959 and Miss America 1960. Shea attended Natchez High School and the University of Mississippi, where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority.[1][2] Her immediate predecessor as Miss America, Mary Ann Mobley (the first Miss America from Mississippi), was Mead's sorority sister at Chi Omega.[3][4]

Family

Mead married Dr. John J. Shea, Jr. in 1964; they have three adult children.[5]

Business life

Shea is President of Shea Design & French Country Imports in Memphis, Tennessee.[6]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
  2. ↑ "1960". Time. September 21, 1959. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  3. ↑ Morris, David Rae (2000). My Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 49. ISBN 9781617034398.
  4. ↑ Eagles, Charles W. (2009). The Price of Defiance. University of North Carolina Press, 2009. pp. 8–9. ISBN 9780807832738.
  5. ↑ Tauber, Michelle; Neill, Mike; Russell, Lisa; Fowler, Joanne; Dam, Julie; Tresniowski, Alex; Miller, Samantha; Dougherty, Steve; Yu, Ting (October 16, 2000). "American Beauties: 80 Years". People.
  6. ↑ Mitchell, Lena (April 30, 1998). "HED:French Country plays dominant role in Interior Design". Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. Retrieved May 30, 2014. "Magnolia Hill: a dream realized atop a hill, crowning twenty beautiful rolling acres, the home of Mary and Sam Haskell pays homage to faith, family, and friends". Mississippi Magazine. The Free Library. September 1, 2010. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Mary Ann Mobley		 Miss America
1960		 Succeeded by
Nancy Fleming
Preceded by
Margie Wilson		 Miss Mississippi
1959		 Succeeded by
Betty Porter
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